LeMay Range
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LeMay Range is a mountain range
64 km (40 mi) long with peaks rising to 2,000 m, extending in a northwest-southeast direction from Snick Pass
to Uranus Glacier
in central Alexander Island
. It was first seen from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth
on November 23, 1935, and the north and east portions mapped from photos obtained on that flight by W.L.G. Joerg. Later, it was resighted from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(RARE), 1947–48, and named by Ronne for Gen. Curtis LeMay, Deputy Chief of Air Staff for Research and Development of the then USAAF
, which furnished equipment for the expedition. The range was remapped in detail from RARE photos by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960.
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...
64 km (40 mi) long with peaks rising to 2,000 m, extending in a northwest-southeast direction from Snick Pass
Snick Pass
Snick Pass is a narrow pass between the Douglas and LeMay Ranges, leading from Grotto Glacier to purcell Snowfield in central Alexander Island. First mapped from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947–48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960...
to Uranus Glacier
Uranus Glacier
Uranus Glacier is a glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island, 20 miles long and 6 miles wide at its mouth, flowing east into George VI Sound immediately south of Fossil Bluff....
in central Alexander Island
Alexander Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...
. It was first seen from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth
Lincoln Ellsworth
Lincoln Ellsworth was an arctic explorer from the United States.-Birth:He was born on May 12, 1880 to James Ellsworth and Eva Frances Butler in Chicago, Illinois...
on November 23, 1935, and the north and east portions mapped from photos obtained on that flight by W.L.G. Joerg. Later, it was resighted from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...
(RARE), 1947–48, and named by Ronne for Gen. Curtis LeMay, Deputy Chief of Air Staff for Research and Development of the then USAAF
United States Army Air Forces
The United States Army Air Forces was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II, and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force....
, which furnished equipment for the expedition. The range was remapped in detail from RARE photos by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960.